Announces decision to implement Alternative A of project EA, to encourage summertime use of ski facilities which will attract additional visitors with a new slide constructed along with mitigation measures, minimizing any impacts to soil, botanical resources and visual quality of the area.

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Proposes to amend the Special Use Permit to authorize Hoodoo Ski Area to construct and operate a summer use alpine slide within their permit area, estimated to be 3040 feet in length from the top of a central ski run to the base of a chairlift. Approximately 50 trees, 6" to 14" dbh will be removed, resulting in less than one acre of clearing to install and operate the slide. Disturbed ground will be planted with native vegetation to reduce the spread and introduction of noxious weeds and to reduce erosion.

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Proposes to fall about 204 hazardous trees in 18 acres adjacent to Forest Service Road 19, and include 168 trees in a salvage timber sale that would yield an estimated 200 thousand board feet. The remaining 36 trees would be left on site to contribute either to large woody material or for stream restoration purposes.

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The McKenzie River Ranger District (MRRD) on the Willamette National Forest (WNF)
proposes to treat competing vegetation occupying research plots on approximately 5416 m2 with
glyphosate. This treatment may occur at a yearly frequency for the next 10 years. The purpose
of the project is to effectively remove vegetation interfering with the objectives of the research
proposals. This action is tiered to the Willamette National Forest Invasive Plant EA (2007) and
to direction provided in the Pacific Northwest Region Invasive Plant Program, Preventing and
Managing Invasive Plants Record of Decision (USDA Forest Service 2005a).
The proposed action includes manual and/or herbicide treatment methods.

Description:

51 pp. Maps, tables. The two sites under consideration are
located at T15S, R7E, Section 10 (Bunchgrass Meadow) and at T15S R5E Sec 28 (H.J.
Andrews). Captured March 25, 2009.

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Proposes to develop and implement formal management of OHV use within the Santiam Wagon Road and Sand Mountain Special Interest Areas, the Big Lake Campground Complex, and the Hoodoo Ski Area. Includes designating a system of roads and trails for motorized recreation vehicle use, rehabilitating existing motorized recreation vehicle-impacts to the Santiam Wagon Road, and providing family-oriented recreation experiences.

Announces decision to implement Alternative B of the project EA, because it satisfies the primary purpose and need to salvage commercially windthrown trees and portions of felled hazard trees in a timely manner while they still have economic value.

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Announces decision to implement Alternative A of the project EA, supplementing existing in-stream large woody material for aquatic habitat enhancement within an 8.5 mile reach of the South Fork McKenzie River and lower Roaring River. Includes placing large diameter trees with root-masses attached into the stream channel, as well as closing 12 non-system, native surfaced road segments accessing camping sites to improve water quality.

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Responds to South Fork McKenzie Watershed Analysis findings of loss of early life habitat for bull trout and spring Chinook salmon by proposing to supplement existing in-stream large woody material for aquatic habitat enhancement within an 8.5 mile reach of the South Fork McKenzie River and lower Roaring River. Includes placing large diameter trees with root-masses attached into the stream channel, as well as closing 12 non-system, native surfaced road segments that currently access camping sites to improve water quality.

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Proposes to fall 205 hazardous trees on 22 acres adjacent to state and federal highways, and include 171 trees in a salvage timber sale that would yield an estimated 100 thousand board feet. The remaining 34 trees, including 6 that are within Riparian Reserves, would remain on the site felled, either to contribute to large woody material, or for stream restoration purposes.

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Announces decision to implement project removing approximately 185 wind-thrown and root sprung trees from 17 acres located along the McKenzie River near a section of the McKenzie River National Recreation Trail above the Trail Bridge Reservoir. The trees, blown down by a December 2006 storm, will be sold at a timber sale and yield approximately 190,000 board feet of merchantable wood products.

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Announces decision to implement Alternative B from project EA, using timber harvesting techniques, prescribed fire, and snag creation methods to approximate stand structures resulting from historic high security, stand-replacement fires and partial-stand replacement fires on 155 acres. Approximately 11.4 miles of existing permanent roads would receive maintenance to facilitate access for logging, and about 1 mile would be decommissioned.

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Proposes to implement portion of recommendations found in the Blue River Landscape Strategy, a recommended landscape management and watershed restoration plan, an administrative study designed to measure effects on the ground, and a series of analyses of landscape effects over time. Includes using timber harvesting techniques, prescribed fire, snag creation methods to approximate stand structures resulting from historic high severity, and stand-replacement fires and partial-stand replacement fires on 155 acres. Approximately 11.4 miles of existing permanent roads would receive maintenance to facilitate access for logging, and about 1 mile would be decommissioned.

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Announces decision to implement Alternative B of the project EA, harvesting timber on 825 acres, yielding approximately 10.8 million board feet (MMBF). Includes moderate partial cutting on 591 acres, moderate partial cutting with multi-story objectives on 121 acres, commercial thinning on 87 acres, and salvage on 19 acres, all to be sold over four years beginning in fiscal year 2007. Would also require 7.5 miles of road closure, decommissioning of .4 miles of open roads, and road maintenance on 21.6 miles of other Forest roads.

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Proposes to harvest timber on 825 acres, yielding approximately 10.8 million board feet (MMBF). Includes moderate partial cutting on 591 acres, moderate partial cutting with multi-story objectives on 121 acres, commercial thinning on 87 acres, and salvage on 26 acres, all to be sold over four years beginning in fiscal year 2007. Would also require 7.5 miles of road closure, decommissioning on .4 miles of open roads, and road maintenance on 21.6 miles of other Forest roads.

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Proposes to provide and maintain opportunities for river-oriented recreation activities by relocating boat launches at Frissell and Bruckart launch sites, and reconstructing the existing launch at Paradise. Includes constructing new concrete ramps, new paved roads, and increased parking areas.

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Proposes supplementation of existing woody material to act as flow deflection and capture spawning gravels in the McKenzie River channel upstream of Trail Bridge Dam. Existing material would be supplemented with trees selected from the adjacent riparian reserve, and with imported woody material from nearby upland sources to aid the spawning and rearing habitat of bull trout and Upper Willamette spring chinook salmon.

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Proposes to rehabilitate the 52 year-old West Fork Horse Creek Bridge on Delta Road, including structural repairs throughout, and replacement of portions of the deteriorated glulam truss members. A temporary bridge would be installed, requiring felling approximately ten trees near the bridge. As a result, utilities would need relocation, necessitating the felling of five additional trees.